Iron Heel of Tyranny

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

Most Presidents of the United States come into office after a hard fought election promising to heal old wounds and vowing to bring Americans together.  But Donald Trump is an American original who certainly does not style himself after "most" Presidents.  Trump has always been far more focused on settling scores than he has been on healing wounds.

Last Thursday, just hours after Congress had passed his mean-spirited "Big Beautiful Bill" that will transfer even more of the nation's wealth away from those who actually earn it, and up to those who are already looking down on us from penthouse balconies and the upper decks of megayachts, Donald Trump took to the stage and bellowed about how he actually felt toward a large portion of his fellow Americans.

And his remarks were unusually ugly, even for Trump.

The President of the United States was addressing a large group in Des Moines, Iowa, that was intended to be a "non-political" celebration of America's independence, and sponsored by an organization called "America@250."  A patriotic pep rally on the day before the Fourth of July.  That sounds innocuous enough.

But Trump never sticks to his script, and as he jumbles along, often speaking pure gibberish, whatever crosses his mind also tends to cross his lips, like the nuisance drunk at the bar who blathers on until he finally passes out.  Last Thursday when he stepped on that stage - just hours after getting his "legacy" bill passed - Trump had politics on his mind, and he was particularly focused on the Democrats in Congress, none of whom voted for the bill.  Standing behind thick bulletproof glass in Iowa, he went straight into attack mode.  Still angry about the vote earlier in the day and the fact that all Democrats had voted against his bill, Trump declared:

"They wouldn't vote only because they hate Trump, but I hate them, too, you know?  I really do.  I hate them.  I cannot stand them because I really believe that they hate our country."

Divide and conquer.

Trump is not focused on unity or healing.  His intent is to set fires and fan the flames, to divide us as a people, and ultimately to render us compliant and docile as we stoke the engines of production and pull the wagons of commerce - and make more money for those who already have a chokehold on the world's wealth.

The iron heel of tyranny is coming down, it's coming down hard and fast, and it's not just Democrats who are going to be crushed under its force.